William henery



(No Model.)

W. HENERY.

I GAR BRAKE.

No. 443,364. Patented Dec. 23, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..-

VILLTAM HENERY, OF l/VEST TORONTO J UN OTION, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK ONEIL, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

CAR-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,364, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed July 2, 1890. Serial No. 357,526. (No model.)

To all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENERY, brakeman, of the town of WVest Toronto Junction, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Railroad- Car Brakes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design to simple means by which the brakes of a car may be quickly applied with the least possible exertion from either the top of the car or from the ground, which may at the time be found most convenient; and it consists, essentially, of a lever connected to the brake-levers and extending from the bottom of the car-body to a convenient point above its top, the said lever being pivoted on an adjustable pivotbox located on the end of the car, suitzo able means for operating the lever from the ground being provided, substantially as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the end of a car, showing the application of my device.

Fig. 2 is a plan showing the means for connecting my lever to the truck-levers. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the bracket in which the adjustable pivot-box is held.

In the drawings, A is a lever, connected at its bottom to a rope or chain B, which is attached, as hereinafter described, to the brakelevers below the car. The lever A extends above the roof of the car 0 to such a point as may be found convenient for the brakeman to handle it.

D is a notched plate, suitably secured to the roof of the car O at such a point as will permit the lever Ato engage with the notches in the said plate. A bar E is fixed to or forms part of the notched bar D, a space being left between the bar E and the notched bar D, through which the lever A is carried, as is also the spring F, which is fixed to the lever A, as indicated. The pressure of the spring F against the bar E holds the lever A against the notched edge of the bar D, so that the normal position of the said lever A is to be in connection with one of the notches in the bar D. I

I do not wish to confine myself to any particular plan for connecting the lever A to the In this plan the rope or chain B extends from the end of lever A around the grooved roller G, suitably journaled on the bottom of the car. From the grooved roller G the rope B extends to the opposite end of the car, where it is carried around a grooved roller H, suitably connected to the brake-lever-I, belonging to the rear truck. Thence the rope B is carried back and is connected to the brakelever J, belonging to the front truck. By this arrangement the draft on the rope B will simultaneously apply the brakes of both trucks, and in this way secure immediate action. hen the brakes are off, the lever A rests in the notch nearest the outside of v the car.

If the brakeman is on top of the car when the brakes are to be applied, he seizes the lever A and draws it toward the center of the car, and as the lever A is pivoted at a the movement of the leverA described pulls upon the rope B, which, being connected to the So brake-levers, as before explained, instantaneously and simultaneously applies the brakes of both trucks.

K is a rod suitably journaled in the end of the car C below the lever A, at which point a crank 12 is formed, so that the turning of the rod K in its journals will cause its crank b to press against the inside of the lever A and remove it from the notch in the bar D, in which it may at the time be fitting, suitable crank-handles (I being fixed to orformed 011 each end of the rod K, so that the said rod may be revolved, for the purpose described, by the brakeman while standing on the ground. Should it be necessary to applythe 5 brakes while the brakeman is on the ground, he has merely to seize and draw upon the cord or chain L, which being carried over the grooved pulley M and connected to the lever A, as shown in Fig. 1, will instantly draw the said lever toward the center of the car, and

thus apply the brakes, as desired.

The pivot (I, on which the lever A rocks, is carried in a pivotbox N, suitably supported in the bracket 0, which is connected to the end of the car t, as indicated. An adjusting-screw l screwed through the end of the bracket 0, and is suitably connected to the pivot'box N in such amanner that the revolving oi the adjusting-screw 1 will move the PlX'Ot-DOX N from one end of the bracket 0 to the other, or to any desired point in the said bracket. The object of this adjustment is twofold: first, it enables any unnecessary slack in the rope l to be taken up, and, seeondly, it provides means for moving the pivotpoint a to such a position that the brakes cannot be set so hard as to skid the wheels, on which I may mention that a single stroke of the lever A applies the brakes. Consequently this work. is ctlfected with great rapidity, and as the lever A is a long one very little exertion is necessary. The brakeman is not as liable to fall oil the car in working this kind of brakes as he is when working the ordinary brake, as the motion of the lever A is toward the center of the car and the conductor from the caboose is able to see whether the brakes are on or ott,as the lovers A will all be in the center of the car when the brakes are on or at the side of the car when the brakes are oft. There are other advantages also; but the foregoing will be sufiicicnt for the purpose of this specification.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. Apivot-lever connected at one end to the brake-levers on the trucks by a rope and its other end extending above the root of the car, a notched plate being fixed to the ear, and a spring fixed to the lever arranged to hold the said lever in contact with the said notched plate, in combination with a rope or chain carried over pulleys and extending to apoint where it may be conveniently handled from the ground, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A pivot-lever connected at one end to the brake levers on the trucks by a rope and its other end extending above the roof of the car, a notched plate being fixed to the car, and a spring fixed to the lever arranged to hold the said lever in contact with the said notched plate, in combination with a crank-rod ournaled on the end of the car below the lever and provided with crank-handles by which the said'erank-rod may be readily revolved from the ground, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A pivot-lever connected at one end to the brake-levers on the trucks by a rope and its other end extending above the roof of the car, a notched plate being fixed to the car, and a spring fixed to the lever arranged to hold the said lever in contact with the said notched plate, in combination with a rope or chain carried over pulleys and extending to a point where it may be conveniently handled from the ground, and with a crank-rod journaled on the end of the car below the lever and provided with crank-handles by which the said crank-rod maybe readily revolved from the ground, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

t. A lever connected to the brake-levers of the truck by a rope or chain and pivoted in a pivot-box adjustably supported in ahorizontal bracket fixed to the end of the ear, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A lever A, connected to the rope D and pivoted at a in the pivot-box N, in combination with a bracket 0, provided with an ad justing-screw 1, arranged to support and adjust the pivot-box N, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. A rope 13, connected to the brake-lever .l and extending around the grooved roller II on the brake-lever I, and carriedthenee around the grooved roller G, in combination with the pivoted lever A, connected to the rope l3, and connections between the lovers I J and the brake-beams arranged to operate the brakes, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Toronto, June 6, 1890.

WILLIAM I IEXERY.

In presence of CHARLES C. BALDWIN, E. Cunnlxos. 

